More Letters to the Editor: North County, March 23, 2013

Will the City Council listen to their residents? Or will the developers voice be the only one that matters? Attend the City Council hearing at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26, and see for yourself who they listen to.

Mary Anne Viney

Carlsbad

Determining the fate of the Buena Vista Creek Valley

For over 15 years, I have been sharing my family home with thousands of local residents. My family home, the Marron-Hayes Adobes Historic District, and the grounds that surround it, are a living history museum going back 9,000 years. From the sacred El Salto Waterfall at the head of the Buena Vista Creek Valley, to the adobe in the center, to the creek that was the boundary between two early missions, to the site of first contact in1769 by the Portola expedition — we have it all.

The value of these resources have been documented numerous times over the years — with a plaque by Native Daughters of the Golden West, eligibility for the National Historic Registry and the listing as a sacred site El Salto Waterfall by the California Native American Heritage Commission.

Now a developer, McMillin, is proposing to build 656 homes in the heart of this valley. The Carlsbad City Council will make their decision at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26. This is the last chance for the residents of this area to help determine the fate of this valley. Please join me in telling the mayor and council to preserve the little we have left of our rich local history, and move development off the panhandle.

Shelley Hayes Caron

Marron-Hayes Adobes Historic District

Carlsbad

One can’t just pick and choose

In reply to Chris Chadha’s March 13 letter, “Ever get a job from a poor person?”: Chris stated that people should read the Charters of Freedom. I think that Chris should re-read the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence. Just in case has a hard time finding it, I will write it here: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Since Chris is against paying taxes and talking about the rights of the Charters of Freedom, why did it take our government to pass the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1964 to provide civil rights to all people, including those who were being discriminated against? Also, why did our government pass the Defense of Marriage Act? Why does it take the Supreme Court to interpret what is meant by “all men are created equal”? Where in the Charters of Freedom does it give the Supreme Court the right to discriminate against anybody?

When one talks about the Charters of Freedom, they can’t just pick and choose which ones they want to obey. We the people should obey all of the Charters of Freedom. This is a bigger problem in the United States.